Capac’s Hunter Tyson grabs ahold of a mat foe during a high school match this past season.

 

CAPAC — Capac’s Hunter Tyson went 4-0 en route to a first-place weight class finish at the Bay County MYWAY Tournament.

The event was contested on Sunday, March 1.

Tyson, competing in the high school 148-pound weight class, started his successful tournament run with a 7-2 win against Bay City’s Wyatt Bossbach.

He then pinned Standish’s Tyler Majdecki with 2:25 gone and pinned Greenville’s Isaac Dailey with 3:30 elapsed, landing an appearance in the title match.

It was there he squared off versus New Boston’s Peyton Culpepper. Their mat confrontation drew to a close with Tyson up by an 8-7 count.

Kevin Kissane has been covering high school sports for the Tri-City Times since 1985. When not standing on a field or court with his camera and notepad, he enjoys golf, travel and family. Kevin is a 1980 graduate of Capac High School, and is also a grad of St. Clair Community College and earned a degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.